Nokia 8 debuts in India, priced at INR 36,999

As promised, HMD Global on Tuesday launched the new Nokia 8 smartphone for the Indian market at a press event in New Delhi. The company stated that the Nokia 8 will carry a price-tag of INR 36,999 and will be available beginning October 14 via Amazon.in and major offline retailers.

Originally unveiled in August, the 8 is the current Nokia flagship smartphone. It sports a polished aluminium unibody design with a 5.3-inch 2560x1440p QHD IPS display. The phone is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 octa-core processor and comes with four-gigabytes of RAM, 64-gigabytes of internal storage and microSD card slot.

In terms of imaging capabilities, the Nokia 8 features a dual-camera setup on back with two 13-megapixel f2.0 sensors, one colour and other mono. HMD Global has also packed a 13-megapixel f2.0 selfie camera in the phone. According to the company, it has included a Dual-Sight mode in the smartphone, which uses both front and rear cameras simultaneously to capture a ‘Bothie’. Yes, Bothie is the name given by HMD Global to images or videos captured using Dual-Sight mode.

The Nokia 8 currently runs on Android 7.1.1 Nougat, but will be receiving the Android Oreo update before the end of 2017. Given HMD Global’s track record with the Android updates so far, I am pretty certain the Oreo update will arrive sooner rather than later.